TOKYO -- A 21-year-old woman here was arrested on Jan. 7 for allegedly making approximately 670 phone calls to a fire station and obstructing its operations. The Metropolitan Police Department's ...

Another sinkhole has since opened up nearby, and residents within a 650-foot radius had been evacuated, a spokesman said.

A sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a dump truck hole on Tuesday has now doubled in wide after combining with a second ...

citing the Tokyo Fire Department. Two of those people, both elderly men, later died. A man in his 70s choked on mochi at his home in Itabashi, just outside Tokyo, on New Year's Day, and was taken ...

Mochi is a popular food in Japan, especially during the New Year's holiday. Tokyo Fire Department officials advise cutting mochi into small pieces and chewing thoroughly before swallowing.

A large fire broke out in a commercial building near a famous tourist landmark, Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka in western Japan, local TV footage showed on Tuesday.

TOKYO >> Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to deploy unmanned firefighting robots and other specialized vehicles as part of its efforts to enhance the equipment and machinery used by ...

Two of them later died. According to the Tokyo Fire Department, the nine people were aged between 73 and 84, TV Asahi reported. A man in his 70s choked on mochi at his home in Itabashi Ward just after ...

Of those, two died, according to the outlets, per Tokyo Fire. The fire department told the Japanese outlets that one of those who died was a man in his 70s who choked on mochi while at his home in ...